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ing at the stall he said, "Boys, I don't know who 

 you are but I've come to urge you never to sell 

 this bull. I placed him second here only because 

 the other bull which won first is now in better 

 show form but this in my judgment is certain to 

 be a great sire, so I urge you not to sell him." 

 This manifest interest on the part of so exper- 

 ienced a breeder proved a decided encourage- 

 ment and confirmed the judgment of the 

 owners. 



The story of the Tomson herd after Gallant 

 Knight had made it well known in the West, 

 will be given in Part II. 



T. P. Babst & Sons, Wabaunsee County. Just 

 across the line from Shawnee county, a few miles 

 southwest of T. K. Tomson 's was kept for years 

 a Shorthorn herd that grew up with the country, 

 improving and developing, until it became one 

 of the best in Kansas. There was nothing sen- 

 sational about its growth. Plain common sense, 

 combined with plenty of energy on the part of 

 the family in properly caring for the cattle, was 

 the whole secret of success. 



The original cattle came from local breeders 

 but later some first class additions were made to 

 the herd. On a day memorable in the history of 

 the herd, Lord Mayor, a red two-year-old bull 

 that had been used by Col. Harris, w r as bought. 

 Three hundred dollars, the price paid, must have 

 seemed exceedingly high. It was at about this 



